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xubuntu installation - ubuntu and xp problems thereafter

I tried asking this on ubuntuforums, and they just flat out ignored me, so please help me.

after installing xubuntu, Im unable to use XP or my original Ubuntu installation.

when GRUB is loading, all operating systems it lists says ubuntu.

when I choose anything but the first "ubuntu" (xubuntu), theyre unable to load. If I choose sda1 (XP), it says unable to mount. If I choose sdb1 (ubuntu), it comes to a root terminal after loading for a bit, and says I have to manually repair it... or something.

what do I do?

for reference:
sda1 - Windows XP
sdb1 - Ubuntu
sdb3 - Xubuntu

no idea why there isnt an sdb2

I decided to run fsck on sdb1, and it said it could cause severe file damage... so I didnt want to chance it.

I installed xubuntu on the same harddrive as ubuntu, but two partitions. I installed it on / just like ubuntu. can I not install two operating systems on / ?

is there any difference between xubuntu and kubuntu?

xubuntu defaults with xfce, kubuntu with kde.

but thats beside the point, how do I fix this?

You could have just ran sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop to install the xubuntu desktop on normal ubuntu
/ is relative to the filesystem

thanks, but is installing multiple os's on / going to screw anything up? what exactly IS my problem? I want to know so I dont screw up in the future.

heres my results for fdisk

Code:

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk identifier: 0xb20bb20b



  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/sda1  *          1      19456  156280288+  7  HPFS/NTFS



Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19452 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x03610360



  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/sdb1              1        9483    76172166  83  Linux

/dev/sdb2          18967      19452    3903795  82  Linux swap / Solaris

/dev/sdb3            9484      18966    76172197+  83  Linux



Partition table entries are not in disk order



Disk /dev/sdc: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x8f9c798a



  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/sdc1              1      30401  244196001    7  HPFS/NTFS

and fstab

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.

#

# <file system> <mount point>  <type>  <options>      <dump>  <pass>

proc            /proc          proc    defaults        0      0

# /dev/sdb3

UUID=ae75e9f2-f9ba-4fe0-b9f6-1c5d9884cacd /              ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0      1

# /dev/sda1

UUID=28407A224079F742 /media/sda1    ntfs    defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0      1

# /dev/sdb1

UUID=106bce06-dca6-40f9-921a-7ad789e4ab01 /media/sdb1    ext3    defaults        0      2

# /dev/sdb2

UUID=246d7e1d-04e8-41ee-8c5c-784680b381f5 none            swap    sw              0      0

/dev/scd0      /media/cdrom0  udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0      0

/dev/scd1      /media/cdrom1  udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0      0

Im just going to uninstall xp and install xfce on sda1 and run virtualbox, I guess.

This is a temporary way to get you to windows. When you're on grub, go to the grub command prompt. type the following: so it looks like this:

grub> rootnoverify (hd0,0) [hit enter now]

grub> chainloader +1 [hit enter again]

grub> boot [hit enter]

That should load xp.

Are you able to log into xubuntu or ubuntu? Also, where is grub being controlled from? Ubuntu or Xubuntu?

GRUB command prompt... I havent seen that yet, but Ill look in a bit

sda1 - windows xp
sdb1 - ubuntu
sdb3 - xubuntu

Im only able to log into xubuntu

when I try to log into xp, it says the drive isnt mounted, but it is.
when I try to log into ubuntu, it loads, but then comes up with an error that I cant remember at the moment.

Ill elaborate in a bit.

Your filesystem isn't corrupted is it? You can mount the NTFS and whatever FS (most likely ext3) you're using with Ubuntu?